Courtney & Tyler: White Christmas

This year Christmas was magical. It was snowy and white and absolutely wonderful. Christmas with kids is so much better than Christmas as a kid. I love how excited Payton gets about the little things. And I really love being able to start some fun traditions with my own family.

This year we spent Christmas at my parents house. We moved out of our little apartment at the end of November and we have just about 3 weeks left here at my parents until our house is done.

We always take the train down to see the temple lights and it is so much fun.

Tyler's work Christmas parties are always so much fun. They always go over the top. This year was so much better than last year. The theme was Casino Royale. They had tons of blackjack and roulette and poker tables set up to play all night. Tyler and I turned our $1000 into $10,000 by the end of the night. Too bad it wasn't real money. But it did get us over 100 raffle tickets to win a tv and getaway somewhere fun. Too bad we didn't win.

We had so much snow this Christmas. Payton is deathly afraid of water but she sure loves the snow. Ty and Payton made lemonade Snow cones.

In line to see Santa

A local dance company put on a production of Nutcracker close to our house and I took Payton. She loved it so much I think we will make it a tradition for the girls every year. On the way home she told me that when Cooper gets older and can walk and dance she wants him to be her prince to dance with her.

All growing up we usually see a movie on Christmas day after everything quiets down but this year we decided to do it Christmas Eve morning in our pajamas. It was really fun and hardly anybody in the theatre.